Faculty Research Interests
Cognitive Psychology
Denise Beike: autobiographical memory; emotion
Connie Lamm: neural correlates of self-regulation
Jim Lampinen: human memory; eyewitness testimony; false memory; recognition of missing or wanted
persons; dual process models
Bill Levine: cognitive and affective processes involved in language comprehension
Grant Shields: cognitive and affective consequences of stress and related factors; neurobiological
pathways linking stress to cognition; health
Darya Zabelina: neural and cognitive mechanisms of attention; executive function; creativity; imagination;
mindfulness
Byron L. Zamboanga: alcohol cognitions and risky drinking behaviors; acculturation and alcohol use;
protective behavioral strategies
Developmental Psychology
Doug Behrend: language and cognitive development; accent and dialect preferences; understanding
of privileged information
Connie Lamm: neural correlates of self-regulation
Ellen Leen-Feldner: developmental and experimental psychopathology approaches to anxiety, trauma, and
related problems
Byron L. Zamboanga: alcohol cognitions and risky drinking behaviors; acculturation and alcohol use;
protective behavioral strategies
Social Psychology
Denise Beike: autobiographical memory; emotion
Scott Eidelman: political psychology; social and moral attitudes; stereotyping and prejudice
Stacey Makhanova: social perception; pathogen avoidance; close relationships; prejudice; biological
processes related to hormones and the immune system
Neuroscience
Connie Lamm: neural correlates of self-regulation
Josiah Leong: affect, neuroeconomics, perception
Grant Shields: cognitive and affective consequences of stress and related factors; neurobiological
pathways linking stress to cognition; health
Darya Zabelina: neural and cognitive mechanisms of attention; executive function; creativity; imagination;
mindfulness